About this episode

The episode reviews Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey, exploring its tactile storytelling and mythological elements.

This is our NEW RELEASE review podcast, ONE HOT TAKE. Christopher Nolan turns one of the oldest stories ever told into something tactile again. You don't just watch The Odyssey . You feel the weight of timber, salt and exhausted bodies. Synopsis: After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Calypso along the way. Sean Burns Sean Burns is a film critic for WBUR’s Arts & Culture and a contributing writer at North Shore Movies and Crooked Marquee . He was Philadelphia Weekly’s lead film critic from 1999 through 2013, and worked as a contributing editor at The Improper Bostonian from 2006 until 2014. His reviews, interviews and essays have also appeared in Metro, The Village Voice, Rolling Stone, The Boston Herald, Nashville Scene, Time Out New York, Philadelphia City Paper and RogerEbert.com . A graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Burns was a recurring guest on the late David Brudnoy’s WBZ 1030 AM radio show, and in 2002 received an award for Excellence in Criticism from the Greater Philadelphia Society of Professional Journalists. Currently a member of the Online Film…

People in this episode

Host: Blake Howard

Guests: Sean Burns, Drew Taylor

Topics covered

• film review
• The Odyssey
• Christopher Nolan
• mythology
• criticism

Keywords

• The Odyssey
• Christopher Nolan
• film criticism
• Sean Burns
• Drew Taylor

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WBUR, North Shore Movies, Crooked Marquee, The Improper Bostonian, Metro, The Village Voice, Rolling Stone, The Boston Herald, Nashville Scene, Time Out New York

Books & works: The Odyssey

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